russian revolution

Nicholas II crowned czar of Russia

May 26, 1896

• he was not trained and not inclined to rule
• he resisted calls for reform and sought out to maintain carz absolutism.
  

Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution

Jan 22, 1905

• was during the war against japan
• it took place in St. petersburg

World War I begins

Jun 24, 1914

• wwl started in june
• is 100 years old

The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd

1917

• There were strikes all over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd
• there was very little food i the cities to feed people.

Bolshevik uprising fails in Petrograd

1917

• fuelled by several factors: the Provisional Government’s attempt to escalate the war effort, a collapse in the government ministry and a constant stream of Bolshevik propaganda condemning the government and calling for a transfer of power to the Soviets.
• Most were disgruntled factory workers, soldiers and sailors; many were card-carrying members of the Bolshevik party.

Czar Nicholas II abdicates (gives up power)

Mar 15, 1917

• Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule,
• Nicholas soon retracted most of these concessions, and the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups won wide support.

Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train

Apr 16, 1917

• he was exiled and returned to russia
• he returned when the revolution was going on.
  

The October Revolution - the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd

Nov 7, 1917

• The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule.
• During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule.

Russian civil war begins

1918

• the the revolution was going on during WWI
• they wanted to have a better government different leader that was not corrupt
  

Russia withdraws from World War I

Mar 3, 1918

• Russia signalled her withdrawal from World War One soon after the October Revolution
• , the Russian Empire was riven by many tensions

The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party

Mar 8, 1918

• The communist party existed before the revolution
• The democracy that was founded when Russia withdrew from world war I was challenged by rivalries and discord.

The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow

Mar 11, 1918

• St.Petersburg was renamed to Petrograd in the beginning of WWI
• That was comparatively easy to take power in such a split city, hence it was easy to loose it as well.

Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed

Jun 16, 1918

• the whole family was killed 7 people in total.
• they were killed in their basement they didn't know they were gonna get killed.

Russian civil war ends

1922

• it ends before wwl ends
• the red army wins the revolution

Lenin suffers second stroke

Dec 16, 1922

• Lenin had a stoke before he had this one.
• he had a third stoke before he died

he Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established

Dec 30, 1922

• In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation -Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin dominated the soviet forces, a coalition of workers’ and soldiers’ committees that called for the establishment of a socialist state

Lenin dies

Jan 21, 1924

• he had 3 strokes
• he was leader of russia for a while till he died